Emotional Impact: Ask your interviewee to summarize the chronology and steps in the controversy, including their understanding of the legal issues and their feelings and reactions to what happened at each stage. How much did it cost?

Assignment Question

This will be a 4-5 page paper reporting on an interview you conduct with one of the following people (finding a person to interview is PART of the assignment – think of it as the research component): A person who has been involved in a civil case or dispute, OR A person who has been involved in a criminal case This assignment relates to the third theme of the class, the impact of the U.S. legal system on individuals. So the goal is to explore how this person’s experience with the legal system impacted them. The person you interview should NOT be a lawyer. Interviews in person are absolutely the best approach. Phone is an acceptable alternative, but interviews by email really do not work. (Follow-ups by email, however, are often very useful.) You can also keep the person’s real name confidential if that makes them more willing to talk with you. The report should NOT simply be a transcription of your interview. The best reports tend to focus on a few related areas of inquiry in your interview that you feel have generated the most interesting responses. You might even spend the entire paper analyzing your subject’s response to one particular question. The goal is analysis rather than mere description of what happened. The analysis comes into the paper when you connect their story to some of the concepts and ideas we have talked about in class. For example, you might discuss how or why the person did or didn’t move up the disputing pyramid, or their experience of the plea-bargaining process. It’s up to you to decide which ideas and concepts from the class that you want to discuss – but making that explicit connection to themes from the class is critical to a successful report. If you feel that your interviewee didn’t have much interesting to say, find another person to interview! Boring subjects make for dull case studies (and lower grades), so look around until you find something interesting. You are also free to interview other people involved in the particular case, or in other cases, to get a range of views on the issues you are most interested in. Your job is to use your interview(s) to write an interesting and engaging paper that teaches the reader something about the impact of the U.S. legal system on individuals. Person Involved in a Civil Legal Dispute Your interviewee can be the Plaintiff, the person who brought the lawsuit, or the Defendant, the person sued. In your report briefly tell the story of your subject’s experiences with the lawsuit. It is not necessary to choose a dispute that went to trial or was decided by a court. Most cases are settled out of court; those are perfectly acceptable for your purposes. The case can also be ongoing, but you might not get as helpful a perspective if the person is still involved in it. The best way to find an individual who was a party to a legal dispute is to ask your family, friends, people you know at Mercer, other faculty or staff, and people you have worked with if they know of anyone who has been involved in a legal dispute. You can use a lawyer contact to find out about a case or put you in touch with their client, but do NOT interview the lawyer. You can also check news sources like the local paper and try to follow up on stories about lawsuits reported there. The individuals might be businesspersons, government officials, or simply ordinary people who have been sued or brought a legal claim.

Here are examples of some questions you might ask: Decision to Sue / Reaction to Lawsuit: Ask them what influenced their decision to move up the “dispute pyramid” (naming, blaming, claiming) to the stage of filing a lawsuit. How did they find out they were being sued? What was their reaction? Did they hire a lawyer? How did they find one? Think in terms of the disputing pyramid and naming, blaming and claiming stages, but don’t just identify the stage. Include your analysis of the factors that affect whether a case progresses further in the system or not. Time, Money, Emotional Impact: Ask your interviewee to summarize the chronology and steps in the controversy, including their understanding of the legal issues and their feelings and reactions to what happened at each stage. How much did it cost? How long did it take? Was it disruptive in their lives and if so, in what ways? Again, do not simply describe, but connect their experience to broader themes about adversarial legalism and its impact. Satisfaction with Outcome / Suggestions for Reform: What is their perspective now, looking back on the lawsuit? Were they satisfied with the outcome? Do they think the result was a true positive/negative or a false positive/negative? If they had it to do over, what would they do differently? Are there any changes in the legal system they would recommend based on their experiences? Are there any reforms that you can discuss in your paper based on your knowledge of the choices in goals and values we make in structuring our legal system? Person Involved in a Criminal Case.

Your interviewee can be a victim of a crime or a defendant charged with a crime. In your report briefly tell the story of your subject’s experiences with the case. It is not necessary to choose a criminal case that went to trial or was decided by a court, because most cases are dropped or plea-bargained out. The best way to find an individual who was involved in a criminal case is to ask your family, friends, people you know at Mercer, other faculty or staff, and people you have worked with if they know of anyone who has been involved in a criminal case. You can use a lawyer contact to find out about a case or put you in touch with their client, but do NOT interview the lawyer. You can also check the local paper and try to follow up on stories about crimes reported there. You might be surprised how many ordinary people have been victims of or accused of a crime.

Here are examples of some questions you might ask: Decision to Report Crime/ Reaction to Charge: For victims, ask them what influenced their decision to report the crime? How involved were they in the investigation and prosecution? For Defendants, how did they find out they were being charged with a crime? What was their reaction? Did they hire a lawyer? How did they find one? Do not simply describe their experience, but also connect it to broader patterns and themes in the criminal justice system. Time, Money, Emotional Impact: Ask your interviewee to summarize the chronology and steps in the criminal case, including their understanding of the legal issues and their feelings and reactions to what happened at each stage. How much did it cost? How long did it take? Was it disruptive in their lives and if so, in what ways? In your analysis you can tackle questions like why the system costs what it does or takes as long as it does, and what trade-offs that reflects. Satisfaction with Outcome / Suggestions for Reform: What is their perspective now, looking back on the case? Were they satisfied with the outcome? If they had it to do over, what would they do differently? Are there any changes in the legal system they would recommend based on their experiences? Are there any reforms of that you would recommend based on your knowledge of the choices in goals and values we made in structuring our legal system?

Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper of between 500 – 750 words using the same topic you have been researching all quarter. Identify your target audience by beginning your letter with the heading

Assignment Question

Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper of between 500 – 750 words using the same topic you have been researching all quarter. Identify your target audience by beginning your letter with the heading “Written toward [insert name of news publication here]:”    Write in the style, tone, level of formality, etc. that is typical for that publication. Learn this by reviewing and reading articles from the local publication with particular attention to the letter to the editor sections. Analyze the target audience for the publication and consider how their needs dictate the writing choices you will make. Think of ways you can make connections with them in your writing. Include a call to action in your conclusion. Use APA format. While it is likely that the publication you choose will not use APA format, since learning APA is a key component of this class, we will continue to use it here.  If you do submit for publication, consult publication guidelines, and use the reference style specified.

Find the Emotions handout. This shows the many emotions that are within each broad category of emotions. Find the Emotion Activity video (it’s near the bottom of the page).

Assignment Question

Go to the module on Emotions. Find the Emotions handout. This shows the many emotions that are within each broad category of emotions. Find the Emotion Activity video (it’s near the bottom of the page). Watch the video — it’s from a few semesters ago but it still works. After ‘participating’ in the activity, write a 1 page reflection answering the questions in the activity assignment.

In other words, weave in information on occupation, social rank, political profile, church and group affiliations (masons, etc.), changes of residence, fate of spouse, children, parents (if known), and relevant siblings.

Assignment Question

The essay is about the profile of Francis Booth, a businessman in Boston. Here’s the instruction of it: Imagine that you are submitting this for publication in an on-line biographical dictionary of colonial Bostonians. Hold yourself to professional standards of accuracy, precision, and good writing. Include all aspects that you have researched on your figure’s life. In other words, weave in information on occupation, social rank, political profile, church and group affiliations (masons, etc.), changes of residence, fate of spouse, children, parents (if known), and relevant siblings. Don’t hesitate to be speculative where that is called for (e.g., if direct documentation is missing) or to offer 2 your own interpretive comments.

Recommended: refer to any illustrations or documents that will be included in section 9 of your Portfolio. In terms of the level of detail to include and the ways to organize your Profile paragraph- by-paragraph, take cues from the feedback you have received on drafts from the course instructor and from your Stage 3 peer partner.

Length: This will depend on the degree of documentation on your figure. You should have enough information to write at least single-spaced 2.5-3 pages; many of you will find that your full profile occupies 4 or more pages: that is good! You will be assessed for completeness, based on the available information; plus on clarity and effectiveness of writing and presentation; and also, the extent of your editing improvements from previous drafts.

Remember: 12-point font for both text and footnotes; single spaced, with an extra space between paragraphs. Citation method: You must include footnotes in your profile, so that I and other potential readers know where one can find documentation on specific aspects of your figure’s life. Consult the Descriptive list for my suggestions on how to cite our frequently used sources or databases; use the format suggested there instead of what you find online. See also the endnotes in the scholars’ work we read, like Al Young on shoemaker Hewes. (If you’d like some guidance from me on how to insert footnotes, let’s go over that in an individual appointment.) I’ll attach the file which must be used, there’s a checklist in it, information about Francis Booth can be found in it by clicking the link.

Prepare a paper focus on forming and effectively sharing an opinion based on research in your future professional goals (accounting). Consider the pros and cons of pay transparency.

Assignment Question

Project 3 will focus on forming and effectively sharing an opinion based on research in your future professional goals (accounting).

The essay has a required word count of 1000-1500 words, approximately four to six full pages, double-spaced in 12-point Arial or Times New Roman font. Format your Project 3 according to either MLA or APA guidelines

Consider the pros and cons of pay transparency.

In what ways is it beneficial? In what ways is it harmful? What factors affect salaries? Productivity? Skill sets? Years of service in the company? Responsibilities? Years of experience, outside the company? Education? Training? Added responsibilities? Contributions to company morale? Others? CQ Researcher – Pay Transparency (sagepub.com) All three sources must be from “CQ Researcher.

Write it in simple words. my own perspective that i see the suffering of dialysis patients and their families when they take the decision about dialysis and how they are facing some difficulties when they start dialysis like sleep patterns changes because of the machine alarms also their fears about the dialysis at home.

Assignment Question

Write it in simple words. my own perspective that i see the suffering of dialysis patients and their families when they take the decision about dialysis and how they are facing some difficulties when they start dialysis like sleep patterns changes because of the machine alarms also their fears about the dialysis at home.

How do public elementary teachers describe the challenges they face in engaging with students needing additional support with fully understanding the school curriculum?

Assignment Question

The dissertation focuses on elementary school teachers’ experiences on creating inclusive classrooms to support children needing additional support with the school curriculum. The form to be completed is the chapter 3 methodology. Attached are also 3 papers related to the topic that can be used for reference for this assignment since it is part of it.

Chapter 3: Methodology (NOTE: This section is for a proposed future research, not the interview that has been attached) Research questions to use for the assignment.

1. How do public elementary teachers describe the challenges they face in engaging with students needing additional support with fully understanding the school curriculum?

2. What methods and strategies do public elementary school teachers have to use to support and engage students with different learning styles needing support with the school curriculum?

3. How do public elementary teachers describe the delivery of the school curriculum to students needing additional support with a full understanding of the school curriculum?

Discuss how to appropriately adapt the presentations message, and delivery method for gaining support from multiple audiences-Differentiate specific appropriate, legal and ethical standards for delivering your message to the target audience.

Assignment Question

Identify the key stake holders other than the transportation company with whom you would need to interact in order to affect meaningful change to the service, your client and other service receive. In other words, who do you need to influence to ensure your clients transportation needs are being met adequately. Discuss how to appropriately adapt the presentations message, and delivery method for gaining support from multiple audiences. Based on your research of available transportation options discuss how you will probably adapt the presentation message, and the most appropriate delivery Method for garnering support from various audiences. For example, you might adapt this presentation for public officials, client state administrators, or your own colleagues in order to cover this element comprehensively, ensure that you selected least one other audience. In addition to the transportation company you have already covered. Differentiate specific, social and cultural factors, appropriate to deliver your message to diverse audiences. In other words how will you communicate the intending message most effectively to a diverse population of audience members. Differentiate specific appropriate, legal and ethical standards for delivering your message to the target audience. For example, what information might you be able to legally ethically share with one group that you might be unable to share with another group? How would these considerations affect the message that you plan to deliver?

Analyzing Quality Improvement-Describe a quality improvement initiative that is currently being monitored in your workplace. Research quality improvement initiatives in your workplace. (just something nursing related )

Assignment Question

Describe a quality improvement initiative that is currently being monitored in your workplace. Research quality improvement initiatives in your workplace. (just something nursing related ).

Week 15 theory

Assignment Question

After reading the passage below from Chinn & Kramer, 2022, p 61 (previous textbook) Re-read the emancipatory knowing article used for patterns paper by Peart & MacKinnon in Brightspace. Write about a nursing situation that you observed (or have been a part of) and believed to be unfair or wrong. It must be a different situation than your Patterns of Knowing Paper. After describing the situation, answer the four critical questions of emancipatory knowing – you must follow the example below with bolding: ‘What is wrong with this picture (what are your perceptions/beliefs about it)?’ ‘Who benefits (from keeping things the same/the status quo)?’ ‘What are the barriers to freedom (preventing the situation from changing)?’ ‘What changes are needed (real suggestions to address it)?’ Required preparation: Read the passage below from Chinn & Kramer, 2022, p 61 (previous textbook) Re-read the emancipatory knowing article used for patterns paper by Peart & MacKinnon in Brightspace The creative processes for developing emancipatory knowledge grow from the critical questions of emancipatory knowing. These critical questions are: What is wrong with this picture? Who benefits? What are the barriers to freedom? What changes are needed? These questions can be asked in a variety of contexts and situations, including the context of care. The questions on the model are suggestions, but any question that focuses on bringing social injustices into awareness is also a critical question. When you ask the critical questions associated with emancipatory knowing, an underlying assumption is that people are not free to choose from among an unlimited variety of options, and that things need to change to make new options accessible to everyone. To assume that people are free places the responsibility for developing one’s full potential totally with the individual. Critical questioning assumes that freedoms are situated, which means that the possibilities for freedom and the development of individual potential are determined by a person’s situation. In other words, from a critical perspective, a person’s situation is assumed to be constructed by social practices that create disadvantage for some and privilege for others.

From an emancipatory perspective, any conditions that limit people from developing their full human potential can be made visible, what is imagined can become real, and humans have the innate capacity to bring about changes to improve the human condition. Asking a critical question such as “What is wrong with this picture?” requires a lens that sees beyond the obvious and beyond one’s own personal experience. This makes it possible to discern problems that may exist with what people assume to be true. Recognizing injustices and inequities can create major personal and professional dilemmas. Most people are socialized to accept an unfair status quo as the way things are (hegemony) and not to question the uncomfortable fact that some people are privileged and others are disadvantaged. To bring this kind of awareness to the surface and to act on it requires great courage, persistence, and the support of colleagues and allies who remain committed to action. Taking action often disturbs the status quo in ways that are not only uncomfortable but also prompt harsh and swift action to keep prevailing hegemonies in place. Nonetheless, critically questioning the status quo is an initial and critical feature of emancipatory knowing that sets the stage for praxis. Why Is This Important? When nurses question why something seems unfair, they are operating under the assumption that all persons deserve the freedom and opportunity to develop their full potential. Such questions assume that developing and exercising one’s potential is not solely a matter of individual will or desire, but that culture and society create conditions and structures within which people can thrive or fail to thrive. Reference Chinn, P. L., & Kramer, M. K. (2022). Knowledge development in nursing: Theory and process (11th ed.). Elsevier.